Institut Polytechnique de Paris

ENSTA is a founding member of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. At the crossroads of education, research, and innovation, it brings together six leading French engineering schools to create unique synergies with its partners.

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) is a world-renowned center of excellence in higher education and research. It brings together six leading French engineering schools: École Polytechnique, ENSTA, École des Ponts (ENPC), ENSAE Paris, Télécom Paris, and Télécom SudParis. Thanks to its status as an experimental institution, IP Paris brings together public and private institutions around common missions: training the talents of tomorrow and advancing research.

Supported by a community of 1,400 teacher-researchers divided into ten departments, the Institute offers multidisciplinary training and research projects. This approach fosters unprecedented synergies, where cutting-edge technologies enrich key fields such as physics, transportation, and social sciences. Innovation and the transfer of knowledge to the economy and society are at the heart of its mission, supported by a network of incubators and one of Europe's most dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems.

IP Paris has 2,100 academic staff in 45 laboratories and trains 11,200 students, including 1,500 doctoral students. In collaboration with neighboring institutions and local businesses, it strengthens the links between research, training, and innovation to meet the major challenges of our time.

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Alumni | Innovation
DeepFoil: Two ENSTA Graduates Are Reinventing Underwater Exploration

Graduates in architecture and naval hydrodynamics, Emillia Perdigon and Paul François have designed the DeepFoil, a flying underwater wing that allows for effortless movement underwater. Fueled by public enthusiasm and investor support, their project is...

DeepFoil: Two ENSTA Graduates Are Reinventing Underwater Exploration

Graduates in architecture and naval hydrodynamics, Emillia Perdigon and Paul François have designed the DeepFoil, a flying underwater wing that allows for effortless movement underwater. Fueled by public enthusiasm and investor support, their project is...

Innovation | Research
Gabriel Betton: Exploring the karst networks

Beneath our feet, in the darkness of the underground, a natural network spanning more than a third of France’s territory supplies drinking water to nearly 30 million people. But the quality of this vast freshwater reservoir is threatened by climate change...

Gabriel Betton: Exploring the karst networks

Beneath our feet, in the darkness of the underground, a natural network spanning more than a third of France’s territory supplies drinking water to nearly 30 million people. But the quality of this vast freshwater reservoir is threatened by climate change...

Training | Innovation | Student Life
An ENSTA team wins the Energy4Climate 2026 Challenge

How can we best promote renewable energy production in France? That was the question posed by the 6th edition of the Energy4Climate – Agorize Challenge, to which a team of ENSTA students provided an answer that was both innovative and well-reasoned.

An ENSTA team wins the Energy4Climate 2026 Challenge

How can we best promote renewable energy production in France? That was the question posed by the 6th edition of the Energy4Climate – Agorize Challenge, to which a team of ENSTA students provided an answer that was both innovative and well-reasoned.

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